Show WILL VILL GIVE LONG LONE LIFE TO MINES OF PLUMAS 1 Syndicate Projects Deep TunI Tunnel Tun Tun- I nd nel and Ton Ton Milling Milling Mill Mill- Mi- Mi ing Plank THE OUTPUT IS I That Amount Produced in Old I Days Down to Feet Feet r To ro drive a drainage and transportation tion ton tunnel feet feat tapping at al tho the maximum depth of or 1870 1370 feet tut fully one onehundred onehundred hundred known veins which from workings not net to exceed 00 feet teet deep have havo produced in gold Sold amIto and amI to build a n stamp GOO mill maul mi to treat the tho ores to tu bo be taken taku from tho the prospective tunnel and Its Is extensive laterals is tho the task which has hn been undertaken at Plumas Calt Calif by Mark W. W Musgrove Musgrove Mus- Mus IusI I grove well wel known Nevada Novada mining mimming man I operating co-operating co with wih a syndicate of or Plumas Plumas Plu Flu mas mae business men The Thc project Is b recognized by many in the gold diggings of ot California Call Cali Cal Cal- fonda fornia as one om of ot the most important In tho tim line lino lne of ot rejuvenating 1 an on old mining camp that has over boon beon undertaken undertaken under under- taken in iii that state stale An And its Is attractiveness attractive attractive- ne ness s is b by no means lessened lJ by the fact fiLet that taking into consideration raton the time enormous benefits assured and the possibilities pos pos- for tor multiplying mon many times the time handsome production mudo by tho time camp under primitive conditions tho the Investment required Is Js a mere more pittance Mr Ir o and his associates have had the time project project reported upon by at least o eminent mining en engineers en- en and every e ono reports most favorably Tile Tlc extreme estimate mado made of or the cost coat of or driving the tho deep 1501 tunnel constructed for Cor double tracks track is 15 li lia a foot which would make mako tho time total cost cst less loss than Abundant water for power and milling purpose Is at hand so BO that it is 15 Iol likely that the tho entire e cost of or tunnel power an and milling milling milIn mill mill- mil mil- In ing l plants anla would conic come within the tho half hal million mlton mark tiring lu in llo eu li Mines Moro More than a i dozen mines which have been profitable producers from I shallow workings will wil bo ho tapped at i from a fow low hundred feet to nearly 2000 feet depth Those mines have proven on the en engineers say something like ULe J JOO 00 strong veins including time the mother lorl of the great vein system That many blind veins Ins will wil also bo en encountered encountered en- en countered which according to law an and amid agreement will become tho property of tho tunnel company the cJ engineers sa say Is IR more than probable That the Plum Plumas mines brought good gool returns down to the time water level 10 as worked In tho the old days when tho the thomis mills mis saved Ha ed only only- about So per por edit cent cent of or orthe the values alles In time the ores and cost of ot operation was expensive in II tho the ex extreme extreme ox- ox tremmie Is about as good assurance as could bo be required that they will wil pa pay immense profits when hen worked b by modera modern mod mod- mot mot- ern era methods methods with wit the necessity of ot pumping obviated d and a mill mil on the ground that will wil save sa e 95 5 per cent of tho limo values Tho The engineers estimate that with wih the tho improvements proposed the tIme ores of or time the camp can cn be bo mined nn and milled at a cost cost not to exceed a u The Tho lowest lo et estimate of at Ojo tIo average average avort avore aver avor- age e t value luo of the ores Is 3 5 a ton while Itla said salt that there are arc are seine omo largo shoots o averaging 40 O a ton lu In gold old Water Yaler has Ils been encountered in imm tho mines at tho the depth of or from 00 to 00 feet and the time handling of the water r has hus been time the only Oily o obstacle stacle in the wa way of ot mining mininG profitably at depth The Tho formation formation form torm- of or the district t is a 3 combination aton of of diorie quart quartzite lc slate quartz por an and lenses of oC serpentine with lan large e veins on tho time contacts of the various var i-ar- ious bus formations an and amid innumerable smaller fissures Indications aro arc that at depth many of the fissures will wil unite in massive bodies of rich ore oio On Weston Western loet Pacific c Line l Plumas lumas is in iii northeastern California near th time tho Nevada e aa line lino Ino and ant only four tour miles mies from the iho line lino of or the Western Pacific Pa Pa- railroad which is to be he In II operation operation opera opera- tion ton in the tho next few fow CO months A lino Ino of ot electric railroad from fromn the Western esterl Pacific to the time camp is alrea already being projected Associated with Mr 11 u ro o In tho the thoI I tunnel and millin milling enterprise aro are L. L L P. P Mcintyre J. J S. S ter Lai-ter n. n A. A Boyden I and W. W L. L all al business men of ur Plumas who aro are well wel acquainted with wih the tho mines and their possibilities Mr h lul ro e Wr u ru as in this city yesterday on tile the way to New York In tho time Interest t tor of or hii his lie le has been In Salt Sal Lake often ofen on business In connection with his Nevada operations an and ho sn says that even en the mining camps of ot northeastern northeastern northeastern north north- eastern California have o begun to realize real real- ize lao that thal San Sau Francisco Is b by no imo means the only emily mining miling center lie He believes that Salt Sal Lake Luke will I do to well wel to lo cultivate closer relations with Ith that region I |